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1. Wandering intermediate-mass black holes in Milky Way-sized galaxies in cosmological simulations: myth or reality?

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van Donkelaar, Floor, Mayer, Lucio, Capelo, Pedro R., and Tamfal, Tomas

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Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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In this work, we address the following question: ``can we use the current cosmological simulations to identify intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) and quantify a putative population of wandering IMBHs?''. We compare wandering-IMBH counts in different simulations with different sub-grid methods and post-processing recipes, the ultimate goal being to aid future wandering-IMBH detection efforts. In particular, we examine simulations in which IMBHs are identified as BH seeds forming at high redshift and those in which they are identified using star clusters as proxies, which implicitly appeals to a stellar dynamical formation channel. In addition, we employ the extremely high-resolution cosmological hydrodynamical ``zoom-in'' simulation GigaEris with the star cluster proxies method to identify IMBHs. We find consistent counts of wandering high-redshift IMBHs across most of the different cosmological simulations employed so far in the literature, despite the different identification approaches, resulting in 5 to 18 wandering IMBHs per Milky Way-sized galaxy at $z \geq 3$. Nevertheless, we argue this is only coincidental, as a significant discrepancy arises when examining the formation sites and the mass ranges of the wandering IMBHs. Furthermore, we cannot determine how many of the IMBHs identified at high redshift in GigaEris will be wandering IMBHs at $z = 0$ as opposed to how many will accrete to the central supermassive BH, promoting its growth. All of this casts doubts on the ability of current cosmological simulations to inform observational searches for wandering IMBHs., Comment: Submitted to MNRAS, 10 pages & 5 Figures

Published
2024

2. Stellar cluster formation in a Milky Way-sized galaxy at z>4 -- II. A hybrid formation scenario for the nuclear star cluster and its connection to the nuclear stellar ring

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van Donkelaar, Floor, Mayer, Lucio, Capelo, Pedro R., Tamfal, Tomas, Quinn, Thomas R., and Madau, Piero

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are massive star clusters found in the innermost region of most galaxies. While recent studies suggest that low-mass NSCs in dwarf galaxies form largely out of the merger of globular clusters and NSCs in massive galaxies accumulate mass primarily through central star formation, the formation channel of the Milky Way's NSC is still uncertain. In this work, we use GigaEris, a high resolution N-body, hydrodynamical, cosmological ``zoom-in'' simulation, to investigate a possible formation path of the NSC in the progenitor of a Milky Way-sized galaxy, as well as its relation to the assembly and evolution of the galactic nuclear region. We study the possibility that bound, young, gas-rich, stellar clusters within a radius of 1.5 kpc of the main galaxy's centre at z>4 are the predecessors of the old, metal-poor stellar population of the Milky Way's NSC. We identify 47 systems which satisfy our criteria, with a total stellar mass of $10^{7.5}$ M$_{\odot}$. We demonstrate that both stellar cluster accretion and in-situ star formation will contribute to the formation of the NSC, providing evidence for a hybrid formation scenario for the first time in an N-body, hydrodynamical, cosmological ``zoom-in'' simulation. Additionally, we find that the gas required for in-situ star formation can originate from two pathways: gas-rich stellar clusters and gas influx driven by large-scale non-axisymmetric structures within the galaxy. This is partly supported by the presence of a stellar ring, resulting from gas dynamics, with properties similar to those of the Milky Way's nuclear stellar disc., Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, Accepted by MNRAS

Published
2023

3. Stellar cluster formation in a Milky Way-sized galaxy at z>4 -- I. The proto-globular cluster population and the imposter amongst us

Author

van Donkelaar, Floor, Mayer, Lucio, Capelo, Pedro R., Tamfal, Tomas, Quinn, Thomas R., and Madau, Piero

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

The formation history of globular clusters (GCs) at redshift $z > 4$ remains an unsolved problem. In this work, we use the cosmological, $N$-body hydrodynamical ``zoom-in'' simulation GigaEris to study the properties and formation of proto-GC candidates in the region surrounding the progenitor of a Milky Way-sized galaxy. The simulation employs a modern implementation of smoothed-particle hydrodynamics, including metal-line cooling and metal and thermal diffusion and allows to resolve systems at the scale of star clusters. We define proto-GC candidate systems as gravitationally bound stellar systems with baryonic mass fraction $F_{\rm b} \geq 0.75$ and stellar velocity dispersion $\sigma_{\star} < 20$ km s$^{-1}$. At $z=4.4$ we identify 9 systems which satisfy our criteria, all of which form between 10 kpc to 30 kpc from the centre of the main host. Their baryonic masses are in the range $10^5$- $10^7$ M$_{\odot}$. By the end of the simulation, they still have a relatively low stellar mass ($M_{\star} \sim 10^4$--$10^5$ M$_{\odot}$) and a metallicity ($-1.8 \lesssim {\rm [Fe/H]} \lesssim -0.8$) similar to the blue Galactic GCs. All of the identified systems except one appear to be associated with gas filaments accreting onto the main galaxy in the circum-galactic region, and formed at $z=5-4$. The exception is the oldest object, which appears to be a stripped compact dwarf galaxy that has interacted with the main halo between $z = 5.8$ and $z=5.2$ and has lost its entire dark matter content due to tidal mass loss., Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2022
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4. Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

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Seoane, Pau Amaro, Andrews, Jeff, Sedda, Manuel Arca, Askar, Abbas, Baghi, Quentin, Balasov, Razvan, Bartos, Imre, Bavera, Simone S., Bellovary, Jillian, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bianchi, Stefano, Blecha, Laura, Blondin, Stephane, Bogdanović, Tamara, Boissier, Samuel, Bonetti, Matteo, Bonoli, Silvia, Bortolas, Elisa, Breivik, Katelyn, Capelo, Pedro R., Caramete, Laurentiu, Cattorini, Federico, Charisi, Maria, Chaty, Sylvain, Chen, Xian, Chruślińska, Martyna, Chua, Alvin J. K., Church, Ross, Colpi, Monica, D'Orazio, Daniel, Danielski, Camilla, Davies, Melvyn B., Dayal, Pratika, De Rosa, Alessandra, Derdzinski, Andrea, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dotti, Massimo, Duţan, Ioana, Dvorkin, Irina, Fabj, Gaia, Foglizzo, Thierry, Ford, Saavik, Fouvry, Jean-Baptiste, Franchini, Alessia, Fragos, Tassos, Fryer, Chris, Gaspari, Massimo, Gerosa, Davide, Graziani, Luca, Groot, Paul, Habouzit, Melanie, Haggard, Daryl, Haiman, Zoltan, Han, Wen-Biao, Istrate, Alina, Johansson, Peter H., Khan, Fazeel Mahmood, Kimpson, Tomas, Kokkotas, Kostas, Kong, Albert, Korol, Valeriya, Kremer, Kyle, Kupfer, Thomas, Lamberts, Astrid, Larson, Shane, Lau, Mike, Liu, Dongliang, Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, Lodato, Giuseppe, Lupi, Alessandro, Ma, Chung-Pei, Maccarone, Tomas, Mandel, Ilya, Mangiagli, Alberto, Mapelli, Michela, Mathis, Steéphane, Mayer, Lucio, McGee, Sean, McKernan, Berry, Miller, M. Coleman, Mota, David F., Mumpower, Matthew, Nasim, Syeda S, Nelemans, Gijs, Noble, Scott, Pacucci, Fabio, Panessa, Francesca, Paschalidis, Vasileio, Pfister, Hugo, Porquet, Delphine, Quenby, John, Ricarte, Angelo, Röpke, Friedrich K., Regan, John, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiter, Ashley, Ruiz, Milton, Runnoe, Jessie, Schneider, Raffaella, Schnittman, Jeremy, Secunda, Amy, Sesana, Alberto, Seto, Naoki, Shao, Lijing, Shapiro, Stuart, Sopuerta, Carlos, Stone, Nicholas C., Suvorov, Arthur, Tamanini, Nicola, Tamfal, Tomas, Tauris, Thomas, Temmink, Karel, Tomsick, John, Toonen, Silvia, Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro, Toscani, Martina, Tsokaros, Antonios, Unal, Caner, Vázquez-Aceves, Verónica, Valiante, Rosa, van Putten, Maurice, van Roestel, Jan, Vignali, Christian, Volonteri, Marta, Wu, Kinwah, Younsi, Ziri, Yu, Shenghua, Zane, Silvia, Zwick, Lorenz, Antonini, Fabio, Baibhav, Vishal, Barausse, Enrico, Rivera, Alexander Bonilla, Branchesi, Marica, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Burdge, Kevin, Chakraborty, Srija, Cuadra, Jorge, Dage, Kristen, Davis, Benjamin, de Mink, Selma E., Decarli, Roberto, Doneva, Daniela, Escoffier, Stephanie, Fragione, Giacomo, Gandhi, Poshak, Haardt, Francesco, Lousto, Carlos O., Nissanke, Samaya, Nordhaus, Jason, O'Shaughnessy, Richard, Zwart, Simon Portegies, Pound, Adam, Schussler, Fabian, Sergijenko, Olga, Spallicci, Alessandro, Vernieri, Daniele, and Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro

Subjects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address many key astrophysical questions in a completely novel way. The synergy with ground-based and space-born instruments in the electromagnetic domain, by enabling multi-messenger observations, will add further to the discovery potential of LISA. The next decade is crucial to prepare the astrophysical community for LISA's first observations. This review outlines the extensive landscape of astrophysical theory, numerical simulations, and astronomical observations that are instrumental for modeling and interpreting the upcoming LISA datastream. To this aim, the current knowledge in three main source classes for LISA is reviewed; ultracompact stellar-mass binaries, massive black hole binaries, and extreme or intermediate mass ratio inspirals. The relevant astrophysical processes and the established modeling techniques are summarized. Likewise, open issues and gaps in our understanding of these sources are highlighted, along with an indication of how LISA could help making progress in the different areas. New research avenues that LISA itself, or its joint exploitation with upcoming studies in the electromagnetic domain, will enable, are also illustrated. Improvements in modeling and analysis approaches, such as the combination of numerical simulations and modern data science techniques, are discussed. This review is intended to be a starting point for using LISA as a new discovery tool for understanding our Universe.

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2022
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5. The Dawn of Disk Formation in a Milky Way-sized Galaxy Halo: Thin Stellar Disks at $z > 4$

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Tamfal, Tomas, Mayer, Lucio, Quinn, Thomas R., Babul, Arif, Madau, Piero, Capelo, Pedro R., Shen, Sijing, and Staub, Marius

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We present results from \textsc{GigaEris}, a cosmological, $N$-body hydrodynamical "zoom-in" simulation of the formation of a Milky Way-sized galaxy halo with unprecedented resolution, encompassing of order a billion particles within the refined region. The simulation employs a modern implementation of smoothed-particle hydrodynamics, including metal-line cooling and metal and thermal diffusion. We focus on the early assembly of the galaxy, down to redshift $z=4.4$. The simulated galaxy has properties consistent with extrapolations of the main sequence of star-forming galaxies to higher redshifts and levels off to a star formation rate of $\sim$60$\, M_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$ at $z=4.4$. A compact, thin rotating stellar disk with properties analogous to those of low-redshift systems arises already at $z \sim 8$. The galaxy rapidly develops a multi-component structure, and the disk, at least at these early stages, does not grow "upside-down" as often reported in the literature. Rather, at any given time, newly born stars contribute to sustain a thin disk. The kinematics reflect the early, ubiquitous presence of a thin disk, as a stellar disk component with $v_\phi/\sigma_R$ larger than unity is already present at $z \sim 9$--10. Our results suggest that high-resolution spectro-photometric observations of very high-redshift galaxies should find thin rotating disks, consistent with the recent discovery of cold rotating gas disks by ALMA. Finally, we present synthetic images for the JWST NIRCam camera, showing how the early disk would be easily detectable already at those early times., Comment: 19 pages, 14 figures, 1 table, accepted to ApJ

Published
2021
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6. Revisiting dynamical friction: the role of global modes and local wakes

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Tamfal, Tomas, Mayer, Lucio, Quinn, Thomas R., Capelo, Pedro R., Kazantzidis, Stelios, Babul, Arif, and Potter, Douglas

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The orbital decay of a perturber within a larger system plays a key role in the dynamics of many astrophysical systems -- from nuclear star clusters or globular clusters in galaxies, to massive black holes in galactic nuclei, to dwarf galaxy satellites within the dark matter halos of more massive galaxies. For many decades, there have been various attempts to determine the underlying physics and time-scales of the drag mechanism, ranging from the local dynamical friction approach to descriptions based on the back-reaction of global modes induced in the background system. We present ultra-high-resolution $N$-body simulations of massive satellites orbiting a Milky Way-like galaxy (with $> 10^8$ particles), that appear to capture both the local "wake" and the global "mode" induced in the primary halo. We address directly the mechanism of orbital decay from the combined action of local and global perturbations and specifically analyze where the bulk of the torque originates., Comment: 18 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, accepted by ApJ

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2020
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7. Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

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Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Andrews, Jeff, Arca Sedda, Manuel, Askar, Abbas, Baghi, Quentin, Balasov, Razvan, Bartos, Imre, Bavera, Simone S., Bellovary, Jillian, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bianchi, Stefano, Blecha, Laura, Blondin, Stéphane, Bogdanović, Tamara, Boissier, Samuel, Bonetti, Matteo, Bonoli, Silvia, Bortolas, Elisa, Breivik, Katelyn, Capelo, Pedro R., Caramete, Laurentiu, Cattorini, Federico, Charisi, Maria, Chaty, Sylvain, Chen, Xian, Chruślińska, Martyna, Chua, Alvin J. K., Church, Ross, Colpi, Monica, D’Orazio, Daniel, Danielski, Camilla, Davies, Melvyn B., Dayal, Pratika, De Rosa, Alessandra, Derdzinski, Andrea, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dotti, Massimo, Duţan, Ioana, Dvorkin, Irina, Fabj, Gaia, Foglizzo, Thierry, Ford, Saavik, Fouvry, Jean-Baptiste, Franchini, Alessia, Fragos, Tassos, Fryer, Chris, Gaspari, Massimo, Gerosa, Davide, Graziani, Luca, Groot, Paul, Habouzit, Melanie, Haggard, Daryl, Haiman, Zoltan, Han, Wen-Biao, Istrate, Alina, Johansson, Peter H., Khan, Fazeel Mahmood, Kimpson, Tomas, Kokkotas, Kostas, Kong, Albert, Korol, Valeriya, Kremer, Kyle, Kupfer, Thomas, Lamberts, Astrid, Larson, Shane, Lau, Mike, Liu, Dongliang, Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, Lodato, Giuseppe, Lupi, Alessandro, Ma, Chung-Pei, Maccarone, Tomas, Mandel, Ilya, Mangiagli, Alberto, Mapelli, Michela, Mathis, Stéphane, Mayer, Lucio, McGee, Sean, McKernan, Berry, Miller, M. Coleman, Mota, David F., Mumpower, Matthew, Nasim, Syeda S., Nelemans, Gijs, Noble, Scott, Pacucci, Fabio, Panessa, Francesca, Paschalidis, Vasileios, Pfister, Hugo, Porquet, Delphine, Quenby, John, Ricarte, Angelo, Röpke, Friedrich K., Regan, John, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiter, Ashley, Ruiz, Milton, Runnoe, Jessie, Schneider, Raffaella, Schnittman, Jeremy, Secunda, Amy, Sesana, Alberto, Seto, Naoki, Shao, Lijing, Shapiro, Stuart, Sopuerta, Carlos, Stone, Nicholas C., Suvorov, Arthur, Tamanini, Nicola, Tamfal, Tomas, Tauris, Thomas, Temmink, Karel, Tomsick, John, Toonen, Silvia, Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro, Toscani, Martina, Tsokaros, Antonios, Unal, Caner, Vázquez-Aceves, Verónica, Valiante, Rosa, van Putten, Maurice, van Roestel, Jan, Vignali, Christian, Volonteri, Marta, Wu, Kinwah, Younsi, Ziri, Yu, Shenghua, Zane, Silvia, Zwick, Lorenz, Antonini, Fabio, Baibhav, Vishal, Barausse, Enrico, Bonilla Rivera, Alexander, Branchesi, Marica, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Burdge, Kevin, Chakraborty, Srija, Cuadra, Jorge, Dage, Kristen, Davis, Benjamin, de Mink, Selma E., Decarli, Roberto, Doneva, Daniela, Escoffier, Stephanie, Gandhi, Poshak, Haardt, Francesco, Lousto, Carlos O., Nissanke, Samaya, Nordhaus, Jason, O’Shaughnessy, Richard, Portegies Zwart, Simon, Pound, Adam, Schussler, Fabian, Sergijenko, Olga, Spallicci, Alessandro, Vernieri, Daniele, and Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro

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2023
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8. The lifetime of binary black holes in S\'ersic galaxy models

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Biava, Nadia, Colpi, Monica, Capelo, Pedro R., Bonetti, Matteo, Volonteri, Marta, Tamfal, Tomas, Mayer, Lucio, and Sesana, Alberto

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

In the local universe, black holes of $10^{5-6}$ M$_{\odot}$ are hosted in galaxies displaying a variety of stellar profiles and morphologies. These black holes are the anticipated targets of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna that will detect the low-frequency gravitational-wave signal emitted by binary black holes in this mass interval. In this paper, we infer upper limits on the lifetime of binary black holes of $10^{5-6}$ M$_{\odot}$ and up to $10^8$ M$_{\odot}$, forming in galaxy mergers, exploring two underlying stellar density profiles, by Dehnen and by Prugniel & Simien, and by exploiting local scaling relations between the mass of the black holes and several quantities of their hosts. We focus on the phase of the dynamical evolution when the binary is transitioning from the hardening phase ruled by the interaction with single stars to the phase driven by the emission of gravitational waves. We find that different stellar profiles predict very distinct trends with binary mass, with lifetimes ranging between fractions of a Gyr to more than 10 Gyr, and with a spread of about one order of magnitude, given by the uncertainties in the observed correlations, which are larger in the low-mass tail of the observed black hole population., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures; published on MNRAS

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2019
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9. Formation of LISA Black Hole Binaries in Merging Dwarf Galaxies: the Imprint of Dark Matter

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Tamfal, Tomas, Capelo, Pedro R., Kazantzidis, Stelios, Mayer, Lucio, Potter, Douglas, Stadel, Joachim, and Widrow, Lawrence M.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Theoretical models for the expected merger rates of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are vital for planned gravitational-wave detection experiments such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Using collisionless $N$-body simulations of dwarf galaxy (DG) mergers, we examine how the orbital decay of IMBHs and the efficiency of IMBH binary formation depend on the central dark matter (DM) density profile of the merging DGs. Specifically, we explore various asymptotic inner slopes $\gamma$ of the DG's DM density distribution, ranging from steep cusps ($\gamma=1$) to shallower density profiles ($\gamma<1$), motivated by well-known baryonic-feedback effects as well as by DM models that differ from cold DM at the scales of DGs. We find that the inner DM slope is crucial for the formation (or lack thereof) of an IMBH binary; only mergers between DGs with cuspy DM profiles ($\gamma=1$) are favourable to forming a hard IMBH binary, whereas when $\gamma<1$ the IMBHs stall at a separation of 50-100 pc. Consequently, the rate of LISA signals from IMBH coalescence will be determined by the fraction of DGs with a cuspy DM profile. Conversely, the LISA event rates at IMBH mass scales offer in principle a novel way to place constraints on the inner structure of DM halos in DGs and address the core-cusp controversy. We also show that, with spatial resolutions of $\sim$0.1 kpc, as often adopted in cosmological simulations, all IMBHs stall, independent of $\gamma$. This suggests caution in employing cosmological simulations of galaxy formation to study BH dynamics in DGs., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJL

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2018
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10. Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

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Barack, Leor, Cardoso, Vitor, Nissanke, Samaya, Sotiriou, Thomas P., Askar, Abbas, Belczynski, Krzysztof, Bertone, Gianfranco, Bon, Edi, Blas, Diego, Brito, Richard, Bulik, Tomasz, Burrage, Clare, Byrnes, Christian T., Caprini, Chiara, Chernyakova, Masha, Chrusciel, Piotr, Colpi, Monica, Ferrari, Valeria, Gaggero, Daniele, Gair, Jonathan, Garcia-Bellido, Juan, Hassan, S. F., Heisenberg, Lavinia, Hendry, Martin, Heng, Ik Siong, Herdeiro, Carlos, Hinderer, Tanja, Horesh, Assaf, Kavanagh, Bradley J., Kocsis, Bence, Kramer, Michael, Tiec, Alexandre Le, Mingarelli, Chiara, Nardini, Germano, Nelemans, Gijs, Palenzuela, Carlos, Pani, Paolo, Perego, Albino, Porter, Edward K., Rossi, Elena M., Schmidt, Patricia, Sesana, Alberto, Sperhake, Ulrich, Stamerra, Antonio, Stein, Leo C., Tamanini, Nicola, Tauris, Thomas M., Urena-Lopez, L. Arturo, Vincent, Frederic, Volonteri, Marta, Wardell, Barry, Wex, Norbert, Yagi, Kent, Abdelsalhin, Tiziano, Aloy, Miguel Angel, Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Annulli, Lorenzo, Arca-Sedda, Manuel, Bah, Ibrahima, Barausse, Enrico, Barakovic, Elvis, Benkel, Robert, Bennett, Charles L., Bernard, Laura, Bernuzzi, Sebastiano, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bezares, Miguel, Blanco-Pillado, Jose Juan, Blazquez-Salcedo, Jose Luis, Bonetti, Matteo, Boskovic, Mateja, Bosnjak, Zeljka, Bricman, Katja, Bruegmann, Bernd, Capelo, Pedro R., Carloni, Sante, Cerda-Duran, Pablo, Charmousis, Christos, Chaty, Sylvain, Clerici, Aurora, Coates, Andrew, Colleoni, Marta, Collodel, Lucas G., Compere, Geoffrey, Cook, William, Cordero-Carrion, Isabel, Correia, Miguel, de la Cruz-Dombriz, Alvaro, Czinner, Viktor G., Destounis, Kyriakos, Dialektopoulos, Kostas, Doneva, Daniela, Dotti, Massimo, Drew, Amelia, Eckner, Christopher, Edholm, James, Emparan, Roberto, Erdem, Recai, Ferreira, Miguel, Ferreira, Pedro G., Finch, Andrew, Font, Jose A., Franchini, Nicola, Fransen, Kwinten, Gal'tsov, Dmitry, Ganguly, Apratim, Gerosa, Davide, Glampedakis, Kostas, Gomboc, Andreja, Goobar, Ariel, Gualtieri, Leonardo, Guendelman, Eduardo, Haardt, Francesco, Harmark, Troels, Hejda, Filip, Hertog, Thomas, Hopper, Seth, Husa, Sascha, Ihanec, Nada, Ikeda, Taishi, Jaodand, Amruta, Jimenez-Forteza, Philippe Jetzer Xisco, Kamionkowski, Marc, Kaplan, David E., Kazantzidis, Stelios, Kimura, Masashi, Kobayashi, Shiho, Kokkotas, Kostas, Krolik, Julian, Kunz, Jutta, Lammerzahl, Claus, Lasky, Paul, Lemos, Jose P. S., Said, Jackson Levi, Liberati, Stefano, Lopes, Jorge, Luna, Raimon, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Maggio, Elisa, Montero, Marina Martinez, Maselli, Andrea, Mayer, Lucio, Mazumdar, Anupam, Messenger, Christopher, Menard, Brice, Minamitsuji, Masato, Moore, Christopher J., Mota, David, Nampalliwar, Sourabh, Nerozzi, Andrea, Nichols, David, Nissimov, Emil, Obergaulinger, Martin, Obers, Niels A., Oliveri, Roberto, Pappas, George, Pasic, Vedad, Peiris, Hiranya, Petrushevska, Tanja, Pollney, Denis, Pratten, Geraint, Rakic, Nemanja, Racz, Istvan, Radia, Miren, Ramazanouglu, Fethi M., Ramos-Buades, Antoni, Raposo, Guilherme, Rosca-Mead, Roxana, Rogatko, Marek, Rosinska, Dorota, Rosswog, Stephan, Morales, Ester Ruiz, Sakellariadou, Mairi, Sanchis-Gual, Nicolas, Salafia, Om Sharan, Samajdar, Anuradha, Sintes, Alicia, Smole, Majda, Sopuerta, Carlos, Souza-Lima, Rafael, Stalevski, Marko, Stergioulas, Nikolaos, Stevens, Chris, Tamfal, Tomas, Torres-Forne, Alejandro, Tsygankov, Sergey, Unluturk, Kivanc, Valiante, Rosa, van de Meent, Maarten, Velhinho, Jose, Verbin, Yosef, Vercnocke, Bert, Vernieri, Daniele, Vicente, Rodrigo, Vitagliano, Vincenzo, Weltman, Amanda, Whiting, Bernard, Williamson, Andrew, Witek, Helvi, Wojnar, Aneta, Yakut, Kadri, Yan, Haopeng, Yazadjiev, Stoycho, Zaharijas, Gabrijela, and Zilhao, Miguel

Subjects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract

The grand challenges of contemporary fundamental physics---dark matter, dark energy, vacuum energy, inflation and early universe cosmology, singularities and the hierarchy problem---all involve gravity as a key component. And of all gravitational phenomena, black holes stand out in their elegant simplicity, while harbouring some of the most remarkable predictions of General Relativity: event horizons, singularities and ergoregions. The hitherto invisible landscape of the gravitational Universe is being unveiled before our eyes: the historical direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration marks the dawn of a new era of scientific exploration. Gravitational-wave astronomy will allow us to test models of black hole formation, growth and evolution, as well as models of gravitational-wave generation and propagation. It will provide evidence for event horizons and ergoregions, test the theory of General Relativity itself, and may reveal the existence of new fundamental fields. The synthesis of these results has the potential to radically reshape our understanding of the cosmos and of the laws of Nature. The purpose of this work is to present a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the relevant fields of research, summarize important open problems, and lay out a roadmap for future progress., Comment: White Paper for the COST action "Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Fundamental Physics", 272 pages, 12 figures; v4: updated references and author list. Overall improvements and corrections. To appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity

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2018
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11. A sub-grid model for the growth of dust particles in hydrodynamical simulations of protoplanetary disks

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Tamfal, Tomas, Drazkowska, Joanna, Mayer, Lucio, and Surville, Clément

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

We present the first 2D hydrodynamical finite volume simulations in which dust is fully coupled with the gas, including its back-reaction onto it, and at the same time the dust size is evolving according to coagulation and fragmentation based on a sub-grid model. The aim of this analysis is to present the differences occurring when dust evolution is included relative to simulations with fixed dust size, with and without an embedded Jupiter-mass planet that triggers gap formation. We use the two-fluid polar Godunov-type code RoSSBi developed by Surville et al. 2016 combined with a new local sub-grid method for dust evolution based on the model by Birnstiel et al. 2012. We find striking differences between simulations with variable and fixed dust sizes. The timescales for dust depletion differ significantly and yield a completely different evolution of the dust surface density. In general sharp features such as pile-ups of dust in the inner disk and near gap edges, when a massive planet is present, become much weaker. This has important implications on the interpretation of observed substructure in disks, suggesting that the presence of a massive planet does not necessarily cause sharp gaps and rings in the dust component. Also, particles with different dust sizes show a different distribution, pointing to the importance of multi-wavelength synthetic observations in order to compare with observations by ALMA and other instruments. We also find that simulations adopting fixed intermediate particle sizes, in the range $10^{-2} - 10^{-1}$ cm, best approximate the surface density evolution seen in simulations with dust evolution., Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ. Revised version addressing comments from referee and community

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2018
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13. Stellar cluster formation in a Milky Way-sized galaxy at z > 4 – II. A hybrid formation scenario for the nuclear star cluster and its connection to the nuclear stellar ring.

Author

van Donkelaar, Floor, Mayer, Lucio, Capelo, Pedro R, Tamfal, Tomas, Quinn, Thomas R, and Madau, Piero

Subjects
STAR clusters, STAR formation, CLUSTER theory (Nuclear physics), GLOBULAR clusters, GALACTIC evolution, GALAXY formation, MILKY Way
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Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are massive star clusters found in the innermost region of most galaxies. While recent studies suggest that low-mass NSCs in dwarf galaxies form largely out of the merger of globular clusters and NSCs in massive galaxies accumulate mass primarily through central star formation, the formation channel of the Milky Way's NSC is still uncertain. In this work, we use GigaEris, a high-resolution N -body, hydrodynamical, cosmological 'zoom-in' simulation, to investigate a possible formation path of the NSC in the progenitor of a Milky Way-sized galaxy, as well as its relation to the assembly and evolution of the galactic nuclear region. We study the possibility that bound, young, gas-rich, stellar clusters within a radius of 1.5 kpc of the main galaxy's centre at z > 4 are the predecessors of the old, metal-poor stellar population of the Milky Way's NSC. We identify 47 systems which satisfy our criteria, with a total stellar mass of 107.5 M⊙. We demonstrate that both stellar cluster accretion and in situ star formation will contribute to the formation of the NSC, providing evidence for a hybrid formation scenario for the first time in an N -body, hydrodynamical, cosmological 'zoom-in' simulation. Additionally, we find that the gas required for in situ star formation can originate from two pathways: gas-rich stellar clusters and gas influx driven by large-scale non-axisymmetric structures within the galaxy. This is partly supported by the presence of a stellar ring, resulting from gas dynamics, with properties similar to those of the Milky Way's nuclear stellar disc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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15. Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

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Seoane, Pau Amaro, Andrews, Jeff, Sedda, Manuel Arca, Askar, Abbas, Baghi, Quentin, Balasov, Razvan, Bartos, Imre, Bavera, Simone S., Bellovary, Jillian, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bianchi, Stefano, Blecha, Laura, Blondin, Stephane, Bogdanović, Tamara, Boissier, Samuel, Bonetti, Matteo, Bonoli, Silvia, Bortolas, Elisa, Breivik, Katelyn, Capelo, Pedro R., Caramete, Laurentiu, Cattorini, Federico, Charisi, Maria, Chaty, Sylvain, Chen, Xian, Chruślińska, Martyna, Chua, Alvin J. K., Church, Ross, Colpi, Monica, D'Orazio, Daniel, Danielski, Camilla, Davies, Melvyn B., Dayal, Pratika, De Rosa, Alessandra, Derdzinski, Andrea, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dotti, Massimo, Duţan, Ioana, Dvorkin, Irina, Fabj, Gaia, Foglizzo, Thierry, Ford, Saavik, Fouvry, Jean-Baptiste, Franchini, Alessia, Fragos, Tassos, Fryer, Chris, Gaspari, Massimo, Gerosa, Davide, Graziani, Luca, Groot, Paul, Habouzit, Melanie, Haggard, Daryl, Haiman, Zoltan, Han, Wen-Biao, Istrate, Alina, Johansson, Peter H., Khan, Fazeel Mahmood, Kimpson, Tomas, Kokkotas, Kostas, Kong, Albert, Korol, Valeriya, Kremer, Kyle, Kupfer, Thomas, Lamberts, Astrid, Larson, Shane, Lau, Mike, Liu, Dongliang, Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, Lodato, Giuseppe, Lupi, Alessandro, Ma, Chung-Pei, Maccarone, Tomas, Mandel, Ilya, Mangiagli, Alberto, Mapelli, Michela, Mathis, Steéphane, Mayer, Lucio, McGee, Sean, McKernan, Berry, Miller, M. Coleman, Mota, David F., Mumpower, Matthew, Nasim, Syeda S, Nelemans, Gijs, Noble, Scott, Pacucci, Fabio, Panessa, Francesca, Paschalidis, Vasileio, Pfister, Hugo, Porquet, Delphine, Quenby, John, Ricarte, Angelo, Röpke, Friedrich K., Regan, John, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiter, Ashley, Ruiz, Milton, Runnoe, Jessie, Schneider, Raffaella, Schnittman, Jeremy, Secunda, Amy, Sesana, Alberto, Seto, Naoki, Shao, Lijing, Shapiro, Stuart, Sopuerta, Carlos, Stone, Nicholas C., Suvorov, Arthur, Tamanini, Nicola, Tamfal, Tomas, Tauris, Thomas, Temmink, Karel, Tomsick, John, Toonen, Silvia, Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro, Toscani, Martina, Tsokaros, Antonios, Unal, Caner, Vázquez-Aceves, Verónica, Valiante, Rosa, van Putten, Maurice, van Roestel, Jan, Vignali, Christian, Volonteri, Marta, Wu, Kinwah, Younsi, Ziri, Yu, Shenghua, Zane, Silvia, Zwick, Lorenz, Antonini, Fabio, Baibhav, Vishal, Barausse, Enrico, Rivera, Alexander Bonilla, Branchesi, Marica, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Burdge, Kevin, Chakraborty, Srija, Cuadra, Jorge, Dage, Kristen, Davis, Benjamin, de Mink, Selma E., Decarli, Roberto, Doneva, Daniela, Escoffier, Stephanie, Fragione, Giacomo, Gandhi, Poshak, Haardt, Francesco, Lousto, Carlos O., Nissanke, Samaya, Nordhaus, Jason, O'Shaughnessy, Richard, Zwart, Simon Portegies, Pound, Adam, Schussler, Fabian, Sergijenko, Olga, Spallicci, Alessandro, Vernieri, Daniele, Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro, Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Andrews, Jeff, Arca Sedda, Manuel, Askar, Abba, Baghi, Quentin, Balasov, Razvan, Bartos, Imre, Bavera, Simone S., Bellovary, Jillian, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bianchi, Stefano, Blecha, Laura, Blondin, Stéphane, Bogdanović, Tamara, Boissier, Samuel, Bonetti, Matteo, Bonoli, Silvia, Bortolas, Elisa, Breivik, Katelyn, Capelo, Pedro R., Caramete, Laurentiu, Cattorini, Federico, Charisi, Maria, Chaty, Sylvain, Chen, Xian, Chruślińska, Martyna, Chua, Alvin J. K., Church, Ro, Colpi, Monica, D’Orazio, Daniel, Danielski, Camilla, Davies, Melvyn B., Dayal, Pratika, De Rosa, Alessandra, Derdzinski, Andrea, Destounis, Kyriako, Dotti, Massimo, Duţan, Ioana, Dvorkin, Irina, Fabj, Gaia, Foglizzo, Thierry, Ford, Saavik, Fouvry, Jean-Baptiste, Franchini, Alessia, Fragos, Tasso, Fryer, Chri, Gaspari, Massimo, Gerosa, Davide, Graziani, Luca, Groot, Paul, Habouzit, Melanie, Haggard, Daryl, Haiman, Zoltan, Han, Wen-Biao, Istrate, Alina, Johansson, Peter H., Khan, Fazeel Mahmood, Kimpson, Toma, Kokkotas, Kosta, Kong, Albert, Korol, Valeriya, Kremer, Kyle, Kupfer, Thoma, Lamberts, Astrid, Larson, Shane, Lau, Mike, Liu, Dongliang, Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, Lodato, Giuseppe, Lupi, Alessandro, Ma, Chung-Pei, Maccarone, Toma, Mandel, Ilya, Mangiagli, Alberto, Mapelli, Michela, Mathis, Stéphane, Mayer, Lucio, Mcgee, Sean, Mckernan, Berry, Miller, M. Coleman, Mota, David F., Mumpower, Matthew, Nasim, Syeda S., Nelemans, Gij, Noble, Scott, Pacucci, Fabio, Panessa, Francesca, Paschalidis, Vasileio, Pfister, Hugo, Porquet, Delphine, Quenby, John, Ricarte, Angelo, Röpke, Friedrich K., Regan, John, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiter, Ashley, Ruiz, Milton, Runnoe, Jessie, Schneider, Raffaella, Schnittman, Jeremy, Secunda, Amy, Sesana, Alberto, Seto, Naoki, Shao, Lijing, Shapiro, Stuart, Sopuerta, Carlo, Stone, Nicholas C., Suvorov, Arthur, Tamanini, Nicola, Tamfal, Toma, Tauris, Thoma, Temmink, Karel, Tomsick, John, Toonen, Silvia, Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro, Toscani, Martina, Tsokaros, Antonio, Unal, Caner, Vázquez-Aceves, Verónica, Valiante, Rosa, van Putten, Maurice, van Roestel, Jan, Vignali, Christian, Volonteri, Marta, Wu, Kinwah, Younsi, Ziri, Yu, Shenghua, Zane, Silvia, Zwick, Lorenz, Antonini, Fabio, Baibhav, Vishal, Barausse, Enrico, Bonilla Rivera, Alexander, Branchesi, Marica, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Burdge, Kevin, Chakraborty, Srija, Cuadra, Jorge, Dage, Kristen, Davis, Benjamin, de Mink, Selma E., Decarli, Roberto, Doneva, Daniela, Escoffier, Stephanie, Gandhi, Poshak, Haardt, Francesco, Lousto, Carlos O., Nissanke, Samaya, Nordhaus, Jason, O’Shaughnessy, Richard, Portegies Zwart, Simon, Pound, Adam, Schussler, Fabian, Sergijenko, Olga, Spallicci, Alessandro, Vernieri, Daniele, Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (AEI), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai [Barcelona] (ICE-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Department of Physics, Columbia University, Columbia University [New York], Department of Physics and Astronomy [Nashville], Vanderbilt University [Nashville], Fisk University, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire des deux Infinis de Toulouse (L2IT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Amaro-Seoane, P, Andrews, J, Arca Sedda, M, Askar, A, Baghi, Q, Balasov, R, Bartos, I, Bavera, S, Bellovary, J, Berry, C, Berti, E, Bianchi, S, Blecha, L, Blondin, S, Bogdanović, T, Boissier, S, Bonetti, M, Bonoli, S, Bortolas, E, Breivik, K, Capelo, P, Caramete, L, Cattorini, F, Charisi, M, Chaty, S, Chen, X, Chruślińska, M, Chua, A, Church, R, Colpi, M, D’Orazio, D, Danielski, C, Davies, M, Dayal, P, De Rosa, A, Derdzinski, A, Destounis, K, Dotti, M, Duţan, I, Dvorkin, I, Fabj, G, Foglizzo, T, Ford, S, Fouvry, J, Franchini, A, Fragos, T, Fryer, C, Gaspari, M, Gerosa, D, Graziani, L, Groot, P, Habouzit, M, Haggard, D, Haiman, Z, Han, W, Istrate, A, Johansson, P, Khan, F, Kimpson, T, Kokkotas, K, Kong, A, Korol, V, Kremer, K, Kupfer, T, Lamberts, A, Larson, S, Lau, M, Liu, D, Lloyd-Ronning, N, Lodato, G, Lupi, A, Ma, C, Maccarone, T, Mandel, I, Mangiagli, A, Mapelli, M, Mathis, S, Mayer, L, Mcgee, S, Mckernan, B, Miller, M, Mota, D, Mumpower, M, Nasim, S, Nelemans, G, Noble, S, Pacucci, F, Panessa, F, Paschalidis, V, Pfister, H, Porquet, D, Quenby, J, Ricarte, A, Röpke, F, Regan, J, Rosswog, S, Ruiter, A, Ruiz, M, Runnoe, J, Schneider, R, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Research Council, European Commission, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)

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Astrofísica, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Black hole, Astronomy, Stellar remnant, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENTS, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Gravitational waves, MOCCA-SURVEY DATABASE, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Stellar remnants, Software Science, Multi-messenger, GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SOURCES, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Extreme mass ratio in-spirals, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Black holes, Data Science, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Extreme mass ratio in-spiral, AM-CVN STARS, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, WHITE-DWARF BINARIES, DOUBLE NEUTRON-STARS, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astronomia, MASSIVE BLACK-HOLE, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, X-RAY BINARIES, COMMON-ENVELOPE EVOLUTION, Gravitational wave, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Full list of authors: Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Andrews, Jeff; Sedda, Manuel Arca; Askar, Abbas.; Baghi, Quentin; Balasov, Razvan; Bartos, Imre; Bavera, Simone S.; Bellovary, Jillian; Berry, Christopher P. L.; Berti, Emanuele; Bianchi, Stefano; Blecha, Laura; Blondin, Stephane; Bogdanovic, Tamara; Boissier, Samuel; Bonetti, Matteo; Bonoli, Silvia; Bortolas, Elisa; Breivik, Katelyn; Capelo, Pedro R.; Caramete, Laurentiu; Cattorini, Federico; Charisi, Maria; Chaty, Sylvain; Chen, Xian; Chruslinska, Martyna; Chua, Alvin J. K.; Church, Ross; Colpi, Monica; D'Orazio, Daniel; Danielski, Camilla; Davies, Melvyn B.; Dayal, Pratika; De Rosa, Alessandra; Derdzinski, Andrea; Destounis, Kyriakos; Dotti, Massimo; Dutan, Ioana; Dvorkin, Irina; Fabj, Gaia; Foglizzo, Thierry; Ford, Saavik; Fouvry, Jean-Baptiste; Franchini, Alessia; Fragos, Tassos; Fryer, Chris; Gaspari, Massimo; Gerosa, Davide; Graziani, Luca; Groot, Paul; Habouzit, Melanie; Haggard, Daryl; Haiman, Zoltan; Han, Wen-Biao; Istrate, Alina; Johansson, Peter H.; Khan, Fazeel Mahmood; Kimpson, Tomas; Kokkotas, Kostas; Kong, Albert; Korol, Valeriya; Kremer, Kyle; Kupfer, Thomas; Lamberts, Astrid; Larson, Shane; Lau, Mike; Liu, Dongliang; Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole; Lodato, Giuseppe; Lupi, Alessandro; Ma, Chung-Pei; Maccarone, Tomas; Mandel, Ilya; Mangiagli, Alberto; Mapelli, Michela; Mathis, Stephane; Mayer, Lucio; McGee, Sean; McKernan, Berry; Miller, M. Coleman; Mota, David F.; Mumpower, Matthew; Nasim, Syeda S.; Nelemans, Gijs; Noble, Scott; Pacucci, Fabio; Panessa, Francesca; Paschalidis, Vasileios; Pfister, Hugo; Porquet, Delphine; Quenby, John; Ricarte, Angelo; Roepke, Friedrich K.; Regan, John; Rosswog, Stephan; Ruiter, Ashley; Ruiz, Milton; Runnoe, Jessie; Schneider, Raffaella; Schnittman, Jeremy; Secunda, Amy; Sesana, Alberto; Seto, Naoki; Shao, Lijing; Shapiro, Stuart; Sopuerta, Carlos; Stone, Nicholas C.; Suvorov, Arthur; Tamanini, Nicola; Tamfal, Tomas; Tauris, Thomas; Temmink, Karel; Tomsick, John; Toonen, Silvia; Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro; Toscani, Martina; Tsokaros, Antonios; Unal, Caner; Vazquez-Aceves, Veronica; Valiante, Rosa; van Putten, Maurice; van Roestel, Jan; Vignali, Christian; Volonteri, Marta; Wu, Kinwah; Younsi, Ziri; Yu, Shenghua; Zane, Silvia; Zwick, Lorenz; Antonini, Fabio; Baibhav, Vishal; Barausse, Enrico; Bonilla Rivera, Alexander; Branchesi, Marica; Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella; Burdge, Kevin; Chakraborty, Srija; Cuadra, Jorge; Dage, Kristen; Davis, Benjamin; de Mink, Selma E.; Decarli, Roberto; Doneva, Daniela; Escoffier, Stephanie; Gandhi, Poshak; Haardt, Francesco; Lousto, Carlos O.; Nissanke, Samaya; Nordhaus, Jason; O'Shaughnessy, Richard; Portegies Zwart, Simon; Pound, Adam; Schussler, Fabian; Sergijenko, Olga; Spallicci, Alessandro; Vernieri, Daniele; Vigna-Gomez, Alejandro.-- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/., The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address many key astrophysical questions in a completely novel way. The synergy with ground-based and space-born instruments in the electromagnetic domain, by enabling multi-messenger observations, will add further to the discovery potential of LISA. The next decade is crucial to prepare the astrophysical community for LISA’s first observations. This review outlines the extensive landscape of astrophysical theory, numerical simulations, and astronomical observations that are instrumental for modeling and interpreting the upcoming LISA datastream. To this aim, the current knowledge in three main source classes for LISA is reviewed; ultra-compact stellar-mass binaries, massive black hole binaries, and extreme or interme-diate mass ratio inspirals. The relevant astrophysical processes and the established modeling techniques are summarized. Likewise, open issues and gaps in our understanding of these sources are highlighted, along with an indication of how LISA could help making progress in the different areas. New research avenues that LISA itself, or its joint exploitation with upcoming studies in the electromagnetic domain, will enable, are also illustrated. Improvements in modeling and analysis approaches, such as the combination of numerical simulations and modern data science techniques, are discussed. This review is intended to be a starting point for using LISA as a new discovery tool for understanding our Universe. © The Author(s) 2023, corrected publication 2023., P. Dayal acknowledges support from the European Research council (ERC-717001) and from the Netherlands Research Council NWO (016.VIDI.189.162). P.H. Johansson acknowledges the support from the European Research Council (ERC-818930). S. Toonen acknowledges support from the Netherlands Research Council NWO (VENI 639.041.645 Grants) C. Unal is supported by European Structural and Investment Funds and the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Project CoGraDS - CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000437). S. Chaty acknowledges the LabEx UnivEarthS for the funding of Interface project I10 “From binary evolution towards merging of compact objects”. A. De Rosa acknowledges financial contribution from the agreement ASI-INAF n.2017-14-H.O E. Berti is supported by NSF Grants No. PHY-1912550 and AST-2006538, NASA ATP Grants No. 17-ATP17-0225 and 19-ATP19-0051, NSF-XSEDE Grant No. PHY-090003, and NSF Grant PHY-20043. D. Gerosa is supported by European Union’s H2020 ERC Starting Grant No. 945155–GWmining, Leverhulme Trust Grant No. RPG-2019-350 and Royal Society Grant No. RGS-R2-202004. T. Bogdanovic acknowledges support by the NASA award No. 80NSSC19K0319 and by the NSF award AST-1908042. D. Porquet acknowledges funding support from CNES. C. Danielski acknowledges financial support from the State Agency for Research of the Spanish MCIU through the “Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa” award to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (SEV-2017-0709) B.L. Davis acknowledges support from Tamkeen under the NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute Grant CAP3. F. Pacucci acknowledges support from a Clay Fellowship by the SAO and from the Black Hole Initiative, which is funded by grants from the John Templeton Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. A.J. Ruiter acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Grant FT170100243. V. Paschalidis is supported by NSF Grant PHY-1912619 and NASA Grant 80NSSC20K1542 to the University of Arizona, and NSF-XSEDE Grant TG-PHY190020. D. Haggard acknowledges support from the NSERC Discovery Grant and Canada Research Chairs programs, and the Bob Wares Science Innovation Prospectors Fund. M. Toscani acknowledges European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 823823 (RISE DUSTBUSTERS project) and COST Action CA16104 - Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). M. Chruslinska, A. Istrate and G. Nelemans acknowledge support from Netherlands Research Council NWO. T. Fragos and S. Bavera acknowledge support from a Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship Grant (project numbers PP00P2_176868 and PP00P2_211006)., With funding from the Spanish government through the "Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence" accreditation (CEX2021-001131-S).

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16. Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

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Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Andrews, Jeff, Sedda, Manuel Arca, Askar, Abbas, Balasov, Razvan, Bartos, Imre, Bavera, Simone S., Bellovary, Jillian, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bianchi, Stefano, Blecha, Laura, Blondin, Stéphane, Bogdanović, Tamara, Boissier, Samuel, Bonetti, Matteo, Bonoli, Silvia, Bortolas, Elisa, Breivik, Katie, Capelo, Pedro R., Caramete, Laurentiu, Catorini, Federico, Charisi, Maria, Chaty, Sylvain, Chen, Xian, Chruślińska, Martyna, Chua, Alvin J. K., Church, Ross, Colpi, Monica, D'Orazio, Daniela, Danielski, Camilla, Davies, Melvyn B., Dayal, Pratika, De Rosa, Alessandra, Derdzinski, Andrea, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dotti, Massimo, Duţan, Ioana, Dvorkin, Irina, Fabj, Gaia, Foglizzo, Thierry, Ford, Saavik, Fouvry, Jean-Baptiste, Fragkos, Tassos, Fryer, Chris, Gaspari, Massimo, Gerosa, Davide, Graziani, Luca, Groot, Paul J., Habouzit, Melanie, Haggard, Daryl, Haiman, Zoltan, Han, Wen-Biao, Istrate, Alina, Johansson, Peter H., Khan, Fazeel Mahmood, Kimpson, Tomas, Kokkotas, Kostas, Kong, Albert, Korol, Valeriya, Kremer, Kyle, Kupfer, Thomas, Lamberts, Astrid, Larson, Shane, Lau, Mike, Liu, Dongliang, Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, Lodato, Giuseppe, Lupi, Alessandro, Ma, Chung-Pei, Maccarone, Tomas, Mandel, Ilya, Mangiagli, Alberto, Mapelli, Michela, Mathis, Stefan, Mayer, Lucio, McGee, Sean, McKernan, Berry, Miller, M. Coleman, Mota, David F., Mumpower, Matthew, Nasim, Syeda S., Nelemans, Gijs, Noble, Scott, Pacucci, Fabio, Panessa, Francesca, Paschalidis, Vasileios, Pfister, Hugo, Porquet, Delphine, Quenby, John, Röpke, Fritz, Regan, John, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiter, Ashley, Ruiz, Milton, Runnoe, Jessie, Schneider, Rafaella, Schnittman, Jeremy, Secunda, Amy, Sesana, Alberto, Seto, Naoki, Shao, Lijing, Shapiro, Stuart, Sopuerta, Carlos, Stone, Nick, Suvorov, Arthur, Tamanini, Nicola, Tamfal, Tomas, Tauris, Thomas, Temmink, Karel, Tomsick, John, Toonen, Silvia, Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro, Toscani, Martina, Tsokaros, Antonios, Unal, Caner, Vázquez-Aceves, Verónica, Valiante, Rosa, van Putten, Maurice, van Roestel, Jan, Vignali, Christian, Volonteri, Marta, Wu, Kinwah, Younsi, Ziri, Yu, Shenghua, Zane, Silvia, Zwick, Lorenz, Antonini, Fabio, Baibhav, Vishal, Barausse, Enrico, Rivera, Alexander Bonilla, Branchesi, Marica, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Burdge, Kevin, Chakraborty, Srija, Cuadra, Jorge, Dage, Kristen, Davis, Benjamin, de Mink, Selma E., Decarli, Roberto, Doneva, Daniela, Escoffier, Stephanie, Gandhi, Poshak, Haardt, Francesco, Lousto, Carlos O., Nissanke, Samaya, Nordhaus, Jason, O'Shaughnessy, Richard, Zwart, Simon Portegies, Pound, Adam, Schussler, Fabian, Sergijenko, Olga, Spallicci, Alessandro, Vernieri, Daniele, Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro, Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Andrews, Jeff, Sedda, Manuel Arca, Askar, Abbas, Balasov, Razvan, Bartos, Imre, Bavera, Simone S., Bellovary, Jillian, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bianchi, Stefano, Blecha, Laura, Blondin, Stéphane, Bogdanović, Tamara, Boissier, Samuel, Bonetti, Matteo, Bonoli, Silvia, Bortolas, Elisa, Breivik, Katie, Capelo, Pedro R., Caramete, Laurentiu, Catorini, Federico, Charisi, Maria, Chaty, Sylvain, Chen, Xian, Chruślińska, Martyna, Chua, Alvin J. K., Church, Ross, Colpi, Monica, D'Orazio, Daniela, Danielski, Camilla, Davies, Melvyn B., Dayal, Pratika, De Rosa, Alessandra, Derdzinski, Andrea, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dotti, Massimo, Duţan, Ioana, Dvorkin, Irina, Fabj, Gaia, Foglizzo, Thierry, Ford, Saavik, Fouvry, Jean-Baptiste, Fragkos, Tassos, Fryer, Chris, Gaspari, Massimo, Gerosa, Davide, Graziani, Luca, Groot, Paul J., Habouzit, Melanie, Haggard, Daryl, Haiman, Zoltan, Han, Wen-Biao, Istrate, Alina, Johansson, Peter H., Khan, Fazeel Mahmood, Kimpson, Tomas, Kokkotas, Kostas, Kong, Albert, Korol, Valeriya, Kremer, Kyle, Kupfer, Thomas, Lamberts, Astrid, Larson, Shane, Lau, Mike, Liu, Dongliang, Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, Lodato, Giuseppe, Lupi, Alessandro, Ma, Chung-Pei, Maccarone, Tomas, Mandel, Ilya, Mangiagli, Alberto, Mapelli, Michela, Mathis, Stefan, Mayer, Lucio, McGee, Sean, McKernan, Berry, Miller, M. Coleman, Mota, David F., Mumpower, Matthew, Nasim, Syeda S., Nelemans, Gijs, Noble, Scott, Pacucci, Fabio, Panessa, Francesca, Paschalidis, Vasileios, Pfister, Hugo, Porquet, Delphine, Quenby, John, Röpke, Fritz, Regan, John, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiter, Ashley, Ruiz, Milton, Runnoe, Jessie, Schneider, Rafaella, Schnittman, Jeremy, Secunda, Amy, Sesana, Alberto, Seto, Naoki, Shao, Lijing, Shapiro, Stuart, Sopuerta, Carlos, Stone, Nick, Suvorov, Arthur, Tamanini, Nicola, Tamfal, Tomas, Tauris, Thomas, Temmink, Karel, Tomsick, John, Toonen, Silvia, Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro, Toscani, Martina, Tsokaros, Antonios, Unal, Caner, Vázquez-Aceves, Verónica, Valiante, Rosa, van Putten, Maurice, van Roestel, Jan, Vignali, Christian, Volonteri, Marta, Wu, Kinwah, Younsi, Ziri, Yu, Shenghua, Zane, Silvia, Zwick, Lorenz, Antonini, Fabio, Baibhav, Vishal, Barausse, Enrico, Rivera, Alexander Bonilla, Branchesi, Marica, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Burdge, Kevin, Chakraborty, Srija, Cuadra, Jorge, Dage, Kristen, Davis, Benjamin, de Mink, Selma E., Decarli, Roberto, Doneva, Daniela, Escoffier, Stephanie, Gandhi, Poshak, Haardt, Francesco, Lousto, Carlos O., Nissanke, Samaya, Nordhaus, Jason, O'Shaughnessy, Richard, Zwart, Simon Portegies, Pound, Adam, Schussler, Fabian, Sergijenko, Olga, Spallicci, Alessandro, Vernieri, Daniele, and Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro

Abstract

Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment for gravitational wave astronomy as it will offer unique opportunities to address many key astrophysical questions in a completely novel way. The synergy with ground-based and other space-based instruments in the electromagnetic domain, by enabling multi-messenger observations, will add further to the discovery potential of LISA. The next decade is crucial to prepare the astrophysical community for LISA's first observations. This review outlines the extensive landscape of astrophysical theory, numerical simulations, and astronomical observations that are instrumental for modeling and interpreting the upcoming LISA datastream. To this aim, the current knowledge in three main source classes for LISA is reviewed: ultra-compact stellar-mass binaries, massive black hole binaries, and extreme or intermediate mass ratio inspirals. The relevant astrophysical processes and the established modeling techniques are summarized. Likewise, open issues and gaps in our understanding of these sources are highlighted, along with an indication of how LISA could help make progress in the different areas. New research avenues that LISA itself, or its joint exploitation with studies in the electromagnetic domain, will enable, are also illustrated. Improvements in modeling and analysis approaches, such as the combination of numerical simulations and modern data science techniques, are discussed. This review is intended to be a starting point for using LISA as a new discovery tool for understanding our Universe., Comment: submitted to Living Reviews In Relativity

Published
2022

17. Stellar cluster formation in a Milky Way-sized galaxy at z > 4 – I. The proto-globular cluster population and the imposter amongst us.

Author

van Donkelaar, Floor, Mayer, Lucio, Capelo, Pedro R, Tamfal, Tomas, Quinn, Thomas R, and Madau, Piero

Subjects
STAR formation, GLOBULAR clusters, STELLAR mass, DWARF galaxies, DARK matter, GALACTIC evolution
Abstract

The formation history of globular clusters (GCs) at redshift z > 4 remains an unsolved problem. In this work, we use the cosmological, N -body hydrodynamical 'zoom-in' simulation GigaEris to study the properties and formation environment of proto-GC candidates in the region surrounding the progenitor of a Milky Way-sized galaxy. The simulation employs a modern implementation of smoothed-particle hydrodynamics, including metal-line cooling and metal and thermal diffusion. We define proto-GC candidate systems as gravitationally bound stellar systems with baryonic mass fraction F b ≥ 0.75 and stellar velocity dispersion σ⋆ < 20 km s−1. At z = 4.4, we identify nine systems that satisfy our criteria, all of which form between 10 and 30 kpc from the centre of the main host. Their baryonic masses are in the range 105–107 M⊙. By the end of the simulation, they still have a relatively low stellar mass (M ⋆ ∼ 104–105 M⊙) and a metallicity (−1.8 ≲ [Fe/H] ≲ −0.8) similar to the blue Galactic GCs. All of the identified systems except one appear to be associated with gas filaments accreting onto the main galaxy in the circum-galactic region and formed at z = 5–4. The exception is the oldest object, which appears to be a stripped compact dwarf galaxy that has interacted with the main halo between z = 5.8 and z = 5.2 and has lost its entire dark matter content due to tidal mass loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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20. Revisiting Dynamical Friction: The Role of Global Modes and Local Wakes

Author

Tamfal, Tomas Mayer, Lucio Quinn, Thomas R. Capelo, Pedro R. and Kazantzidis, Stelios Babul, Arif Potter, Douglas

Subjects
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

The orbital decay of a perturber within a larger system plays a key role in the dynamics of many astrophysical systems-from nuclear star clusters or globular clusters in galaxies, to massive black holes in galactic nuclei, to dwarf galaxy satellites within the dark matter halos of more massive galaxies. For many decades, there have been various attempts to determine the underlying physics and timescales of the drag mechanism, ranging from the local dynamical friction approach to descriptions based on the back-reaction of global modes induced in the background system. We present ultra-high-resolution N-body simulations of massive satellites orbiting a Milky Way-like galaxy (with > 10(8) particles), that appear to capture both the local “wake” and the global “mode” induced in the primary halo. We address directly the mechanism of orbital decay from the combined action of local and global perturbations and specifically analyze where the bulk of the torque originates.

Published
2021

21. Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: A roadmap

Author

Barack, Leor, Cardoso, Vitor, Nissanke, Samaya, Sotiriou, Thomas P, Askar, Abbas, Belczynski, Chris, Bertone, Gianfranco, Bon, Edi, Blas, Diego, Brito, Richard, Bulik, Tomasz, Burrage, Clare, Byrnes, Christian T, Caprini, Chiara, Chernyakova, Masha, Chru?ciel, Piotr, Colpi, Monica, Ferrari, Valeria, Gaggero, Daniele, Gair, Jonathan, Hassan, S F, Heisenberg, Lavinia, Hendry, Martin, Heng, Ik Siong, Herdeiro, Carlos, Hinderer, Tanja, Horesh, Assaf, Kavanagh, Bradley J, Kocsis, Bence, Kramer, Michael, Le Tiec, Alexandre, Mingarelli, Chiara, Nardini, Germano, Nelemans, Gijs, Palenzuela, Carlos, Pani, Paolo, Perego, Albino, Porter, Edward K, Rossi, Elena M, Schmidt, Patricia, Sesana, Alberto, Sperhake, Ulrich, Stamerra, Antonio, Stein, Leo C, Tamanini, Nicola, Tauris, Thomas M, Vincent, Frederic, Volonteri, Marta, Wardell, Barry, Wex, Norbert, Yagi, Kent, Abdelsalhin, Tiziano, Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Annulli, Lorenzo, Arca-Sedda, Manuel, Bah, Ibrahima, Barausse, Enrico, Barakovic, Elvis, Benkel, Robert, Bennett, Charles L, Bernard, Laura, Bernuzzi, Sebastiano, Berry, Christopher P L, Berti, Emanuele, Bezares, Miguel, Blanco-Pillado, Jose Juan, Bonetti, Matteo, Bosnjak, Zeljka, Bricman, Katja, Capelo, Pedro R, Carloni, Sante, Charmousis, Christos, Chaty, Sylvain, Clerici, Aurora, Coates, Andrew, Colleoni, Marta, Collodel, Lucas G, Cook, William, Correia, Miguel, Czinner, Viktor G, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dialektopoulos, Kostas, Doneva, Daniela, Dotti, Massimo, Drew, Amelia, Eckner, Christopher, Edholm, James, Emparan, Roberto, Erdem, Recai, Ferreira, Miguel, Ferreira, Pedro G, Finch, Andrew, Font, Jose A, Franchini, Nicola, Fransen, Kwinten, Ganguly, Apratim, Gerosa, Davide, Glampedakis, Kostas, Gomboc, Andreja, Goobar, Ariel, Gualtieri, Leonardo, Guendelman, Eduardo, Haardt, Francesco, Harmark, Troels, Hejda, Filip, Hertog, Thomas, Hopper, Seth, Husa, Sascha, Ihanec, Nada, Ikeda, Taishi, Jaodand, Amruta, Jetzer, Philippe, Jimenez-Forteza, Xisco, Kamionkowski, Marc, Kaplan, David E, Kazantzidis, Stelios, Kimura, Masashi, Kobayashi, Shiho, Kokkotas, Kostas, Krolik, Julian, Kunz, Jutta, Lasky, Paul, Levi Said, Jackson, Liberati, Stefano, Lopes, Jorge, Luna, Raimon, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Maggio, Elisa, Mangiagli, Alberto, Montero, Marina Martinez, Maselli, Andrea, Mayer, Lucio, Mazumdar, Anupam, Messenger, Christopher, Minamitsuji, Masato, Moore, Christopher J, Mota, David, Nampalliwar, Sourabh, Nerozzi, Andrea, Nichols, David, Nissimov, Emil, Obergaulinger, Martin, Obers, Niels A, Oliveri, Roberto, Pappas, George, Pasic, Vedad, Peiris, Hiranya, Petrushevska, Tanja, Pollney, Denis, Pratten, Geraint, Rakic, Nemanja, Racz, Istvan, Radia, Miren, Ramazano?lu, Fethi M, Ramos-Buades, Antoni, Raposo, Guilherme, Rogatko, Marek, Rosca-Mead, Roxana, Rosinska, Dorota, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiz-Morales, Ester, Sakellariadou, Mairi, Sharan Salafia, Om, Samajdar, Anuradha, Sintes, Alicia, Smole, Majda, Sopuerta, Carlos, Souza-Lima, Rafael, Stalevski, Marko, Stergioulas, Nikolaos, Stevens, Chris, Tamfal, Tomas, Tsygankov, Sergey, Valiante, Rosa, van de Meent, Maarten, Verbin, Yosef, Vercnocke, Bert, Vernieri, Daniele, Vicente, Rodrigo, Vitagliano, Vincenzo, Weltman, Amanda, Whiting, Bernard, Williamson, Andrew, Witek, Helvi, Wojnar, Aneta, Yakut, Kadri, Yan, Haopeng, Yazadjiev, Stoycho, Zaharijas, Gabrijela, Torres-Forne, Alejandro, Unluturk, Kivanc, and Velhinho, Jose

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

© 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. The grand challenges of contemporary fundamental physics-dark matter, dark energy, vacuum energy, inflation and early universe cosmology, singularities and the hierarchy problem-all involve gravity as a key component. And of all gravitational phenomena, black holes stand out in their elegant simplicity, while harbouring some of the most remarkable predictions of General Relativity: event horizons, singularities and ergoregions. The hitherto invisible landscape of the gravitational Universe is being unveiled before our eyes: the historical direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration marks the dawn of a new era of scientific exploration. Gravitational-wave astronomy will allow us to test models of black hole formation, growth and evolution, as well as models of gravitational-wave generation and propagation. It will provide evidence for event horizons and ergoregions, test the theory of General Relativity itself, and may reveal the existence of new fundamental fields. The synthesis of these results has the potential to radically reshape our understanding of the cosmos and of the laws of Nature. The purpose of this work is to present a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the relevant fields of research, summarize important open problems, and lay out a roadmap for future progress. This write-up is an initiative taken within the framework of the European Action on 'Black holes, Gravitational waves and Fundamental Physics'.

Published
2019

22. The lifetime of binary black holes in Sérsic galaxy models

Author

Biava, Nadia; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-6447, Colpi, Monica; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3370-6152, Capelo, Pedro R; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1786-963X, Bonetti, Matteo; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7889-6810, Volonteri, Marta; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3216-1322, Tamfal, Tomas; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-9349, Mayer, Lucio; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7078-2074, Sesana, Alberto; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4961-1606, Biava, Nadia; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-6447, Colpi, Monica; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3370-6152, Capelo, Pedro R; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1786-963X, Bonetti, Matteo; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7889-6810, Volonteri, Marta; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3216-1322, Tamfal, Tomas; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-9349, Mayer, Lucio; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7078-2074, and Sesana, Alberto; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4961-1606

Abstract

In the local Universe, black holes of $10^{5-6}\, {\rm M_\odot }$ are hosted in galaxies displaying a variety of stellar profiles and morphologies. These black holes are the anticipated targets of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna that will detect the low-frequency gravitational-wave signal emitted by binary black holes in this mass interval. In this paper, we infer upper limits on the lifetime of binary black holes of $10^{5-6}\, {\rm M_\odot }$ and up to $10^8\, {\rm M_\odot }$, forming in galaxy mergers, exploring two underlying stellar density profiles, by Dehnen and by Prugniel & Simien, and by exploiting local scaling relations between the mass of the black holes and several quantities of their hosts. We focus on the phase of the dynamical evolution when the binary is transitioning from the hardening phase ruled by the interaction with single stars to the phase driven by the emission of gravitational waves. We find that different stellar profiles predict very distinct trends with binary mass, with lifetimes ranging between fractions of a Gyr to more than 10 Gyr, and with a spread of about one order of magnitude, given by the uncertainties in the observed correlations, which are larger in the low-mass tail of the observed black hole population.

Published
2019

23. Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: A roadmap

Author

Barack, L, Cardoso, V, Nissanke, S, Sotiriou, T, Askar, A, Belczynski, C, Bertone, G, Bon, E, Blas, D, Brito, R, Bulik, T, Burrage, C, Byrnes, C, Caprini, C, Chernyakova, M, Chruściel, P, Colpi, M, Ferrari, V, Gaggero, D, Gair, J, García-Bellido, J, Hassan, S, Heisenberg, L, Hendry, M, Heng, I, Herdeiro, C, Hinderer, T, Horesh, A, Kavanagh, B, Kocsis, B, Kramer, M, Le Tiec, A, Mingarelli, C, Nardini, G, Nelemans, G, Palenzuela, C, Pani, P, Perego, A, Porter, E, Rossi, E, Schmidt, P, Sesana, A, Sperhake, U, Stamerra, A, Stein, L, Tamanini, N, Tauris, T, Urena-López, L, Vincent, F, Volonteri, M, Wardell, B, Wex, N, Yagi, K, Abdelsalhin, T, Aloy, M, Amaro-Seoane, P, Annulli, L, Arca-Sedda, M, Bah, I, Barausse, E, Barakovic, E, Benkel, R, Bennett, C, Bernard, L, Bernuzzi, S, Berry, C, Berti, E, Bezares, M, Blanco-Pillado, J, Blázquez-Salcedo, J, Bonetti, M, Bošković, M, Bosnjak, Z, Bricman, K, Brügmann, B, Capelo, P, Carloni, S, Cerdá-Durán, P, Charmousis, C, Chaty, S, Clerici, A, Coates, A, Colleoni, M, Collodel, L, Compère, G, Cook, W, Cordero-Carrión, I, Correia, M, de la Cruz-Dombriz, Á, Czinner, V, Destounis, K, Dialektopoulos, K, Doneva, D, Dotti, M, Drew, A, Eckner, C, Edholm, J, Emparan, R, Erdem, R, Ferreira, M, Ferreira, P, Finch, A, Font, J, Franchini, N, Fransen, K, Gal’Tsov, D, Ganguly, A, Gerosa, D, Glampedakis, K, Gomboc, A, Goobar, A, Gualtieri, L, Guendelman, E, Haardt, F, Harmark, T, Hejda, F, Hertog, T, Hopper, S, Husa, S, Ihanec, N, Ikeda, T, Jaodand, A, Jetzer, P, Jimenez-Forteza, X, Kamionkowski, M, Kaplan, D, Kazantzidis, S, Kimura, M, Kobayashi, S, Kokkotas, K, Krolik, J, Kunz, J, Lämmerzahl, C, Lasky, P, Lemos, J, Levi Said, J, Liberati, S, Lopes, J, Luna, R, Ma, Y, Maggio, E, Mangiagli, A, Montero, M, Maselli, A, Mayer, L, Mazumdar, A, Messenger, C, Ménard, B, Minamitsuji, M, Moore, C, Mota, D, Nampalliwar, S, Nerozzi, A, Nichols, D, Nissimov, E, Obergaulinger, M, Obers, N, Oliveri, R, Pappas, G, Pasic, V, Peiris, H, Petrushevska, T, Pollney, D, Pratten, G, Rakic, N, Racz, I, Radia, M, Ramazanoğlu, F, Ramos-Buades, A, Raposo, G, Rogatko, M, Rosca-Mead, R, Rosinska, D, Rosswog, S, Ruiz-Morales, E, Sakellariadou, M, Sanchis-Gual, N, Sharan Salafia, O, Samajdar, A, Sintes, A, Smole, M, Sopuerta, C, Souza-Lima, R, Stalevski, M, Stergioulas, N, Stevens, C, Tamfal, T, Torres-Forné, A, Tsygankov, S, İ Ünlütürk, K, Valiante, R, van de Meent, M, Velhinho, J, Verbin, Y, Vercnocke, B, Vernieri, D, Vicente, R, Vitagliano, V, Weltman, A, Whiting, B, Williamson, A, Witek, H, Wojnar, A, Yakut, K, Yan, H, Yazadjiev, S, Zaharijas, G, Zilhão, M, Barack, Leor, Cardoso, Vitor, Nissanke, Samaya, Sotiriou, Thomas P, Askar, Abbas, Belczynski, Chris, Bertone, Gianfranco, Bon, Edi, Blas, Diego, Brito, Richard, Bulik, Tomasz, Burrage, Clare, Byrnes, Christian T, Caprini, Chiara, Chernyakova, Masha, Chruściel, Piotr, Colpi, Monica, Ferrari, Valeria, Gaggero, Daniele, Gair, Jonathan, García-Bellido, Juan, Hassan, S F, Heisenberg, Lavinia, Hendry, Martin, Heng, Ik Siong, Herdeiro, Carlos, Hinderer, Tanja, Horesh, Assaf, Kavanagh, Bradley J, Kocsis, Bence, Kramer, Michael, Le Tiec, Alexandre, Mingarelli, Chiara, Nardini, Germano, Nelemans, Gijs, Palenzuela, Carlos, Pani, Paolo, Perego, Albino, Porter, Edward K, Rossi, Elena M, Schmidt, Patricia, Sesana, Alberto, Sperhake, Ulrich, Stamerra, Antonio, Stein, Leo C, Tamanini, Nicola, Tauris, Thomas M, Urena-López, L Arturo, Vincent, Frederic, Volonteri, Marta, Wardell, Barry, Wex, Norbert, Yagi, Kent, Abdelsalhin, Tiziano, Aloy, Miguel Ángel, Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Annulli, Lorenzo, Arca-Sedda, Manuel, Bah, Ibrahima, Barausse, Enrico, Barakovic, Elvis, Benkel, Robert, Bennett, Charles L, Bernard, Laura, Bernuzzi, Sebastiano, Berry, Christopher P L, Berti, Emanuele, Bezares, Miguel, Blanco-Pillado, Jose Juan, Blázquez-Salcedo, Jose Luis, Bonetti, Matteo, Bošković, Mateja, Bosnjak, Zeljka, Bricman, Katja, Brügmann, Bernd, Capelo, Pedro R, Carloni, Sante, Cerdá-Durán, Pablo, Charmousis, Christos, Chaty, Sylvain, Clerici, Aurora, Coates, Andrew, Colleoni, Marta, Collodel, Lucas G, Compère, Geoffrey, Cook, William, Cordero-Carrión, Isabel, Correia, Miguel, de la Cruz-Dombriz, Álvaro, Czinner, Viktor G, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dialektopoulos, Kostas, Doneva, Daniela, Dotti, Massimo, Drew, Amelia, Eckner, Christopher, Edholm, James, Emparan, Roberto, Erdem, Recai, Ferreira, Miguel, Ferreira, Pedro G, Finch, Andrew, Font, Jose A, Franchini, Nicola, Fransen, Kwinten, Gal’tsov, Dmitry, Ganguly, Apratim, Gerosa, Davide, Glampedakis, Kostas, Gomboc, Andreja, Goobar, Ariel, Gualtieri, Leonardo, Guendelman, Eduardo, Haardt, Francesco, Harmark, Troels, Hejda, Filip, Hertog, Thomas, Hopper, Seth, Husa, Sascha, Ihanec, Nada, Ikeda, Taishi, Jaodand, Amruta, Jetzer, Philippe, Jimenez-Forteza, Xisco, Kamionkowski, Marc, Kaplan, David E, Kazantzidis, Stelios, Kimura, Masashi, Kobayashi, Shiho, Kokkotas, Kostas, Krolik, Julian, Kunz, Jutta, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Lasky, Paul, Lemos, José P S, Levi Said, Jackson, Liberati, Stefano, Lopes, Jorge, Luna, Raimon, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Maggio, Elisa, Mangiagli, Alberto, Montero, Marina Martinez, Maselli, Andrea, Mayer, Lucio, Mazumdar, Anupam, Messenger, Christopher, Ménard, Brice, Minamitsuji, Masato, Moore, Christopher J, Mota, David, Nampalliwar, Sourabh, Nerozzi, Andrea, Nichols, David, Nissimov, Emil, Obergaulinger, Martin, Obers, Niels A, Oliveri, Roberto, Pappas, George, Pasic, Vedad, Peiris, Hiranya, Petrushevska, Tanja, Pollney, Denis, Pratten, Geraint, Rakic, Nemanja, Racz, Istvan, Radia, Miren, Ramazanoğlu, Fethi M, Ramos-Buades, Antoni, Raposo, Guilherme, Rogatko, Marek, Rosca-Mead, Roxana, Rosinska, Dorota, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiz-Morales, Ester, Sakellariadou, Mairi, Sanchis-Gual, Nicolás, Sharan Salafia, Om, Samajdar, Anuradha, Sintes, Alicia, Smole, Majda, Sopuerta, Carlos, Souza-Lima, Rafael, Stalevski, Marko, Stergioulas, Nikolaos, Stevens, Chris, Tamfal, Tomas, Torres-Forné, Alejandro, Tsygankov, Sergey, İ Ünlütürk, Kıvanç, Valiante, Rosa, van de Meent, Maarten, Velhinho, José, Verbin, Yosef, Vercnocke, Bert, Vernieri, Daniele, Vicente, Rodrigo, Vitagliano, Vincenzo, Weltman, Amanda, Whiting, Bernard, Williamson, Andrew, Witek, Helvi, Wojnar, Aneta, Yakut, Kadri, Yan, Haopeng, Yazadjiev, Stoycho, Zaharijas, Gabrijela, Zilhão, Miguel, Barack, L, Cardoso, V, Nissanke, S, Sotiriou, T, Askar, A, Belczynski, C, Bertone, G, Bon, E, Blas, D, Brito, R, Bulik, T, Burrage, C, Byrnes, C, Caprini, C, Chernyakova, M, Chruściel, P, Colpi, M, Ferrari, V, Gaggero, D, Gair, J, García-Bellido, J, Hassan, S, Heisenberg, L, Hendry, M, Heng, I, Herdeiro, C, Hinderer, T, Horesh, A, Kavanagh, B, Kocsis, B, Kramer, M, Le Tiec, A, Mingarelli, C, Nardini, G, Nelemans, G, Palenzuela, C, Pani, P, Perego, A, Porter, E, Rossi, E, Schmidt, P, Sesana, A, Sperhake, U, Stamerra, A, Stein, L, Tamanini, N, Tauris, T, Urena-López, L, Vincent, F, Volonteri, M, Wardell, B, Wex, N, Yagi, K, Abdelsalhin, T, Aloy, M, Amaro-Seoane, P, Annulli, L, Arca-Sedda, M, Bah, I, Barausse, E, Barakovic, E, Benkel, R, Bennett, C, Bernard, L, Bernuzzi, S, Berry, C, Berti, E, Bezares, M, Blanco-Pillado, J, Blázquez-Salcedo, J, Bonetti, M, Bošković, M, Bosnjak, Z, Bricman, K, Brügmann, B, Capelo, P, Carloni, S, Cerdá-Durán, P, Charmousis, C, Chaty, S, Clerici, A, Coates, A, Colleoni, M, Collodel, L, Compère, G, Cook, W, Cordero-Carrión, I, Correia, M, de la Cruz-Dombriz, Á, Czinner, V, Destounis, K, Dialektopoulos, K, Doneva, D, Dotti, M, Drew, A, Eckner, C, Edholm, J, Emparan, R, Erdem, R, Ferreira, M, Ferreira, P, Finch, A, Font, J, Franchini, N, Fransen, K, Gal’Tsov, D, Ganguly, A, Gerosa, D, Glampedakis, K, Gomboc, A, Goobar, A, Gualtieri, L, Guendelman, E, Haardt, F, Harmark, T, Hejda, F, Hertog, T, Hopper, S, Husa, S, Ihanec, N, Ikeda, T, Jaodand, A, Jetzer, P, Jimenez-Forteza, X, Kamionkowski, M, Kaplan, D, Kazantzidis, S, Kimura, M, Kobayashi, S, Kokkotas, K, Krolik, J, Kunz, J, Lämmerzahl, C, Lasky, P, Lemos, J, Levi Said, J, Liberati, S, Lopes, J, Luna, R, Ma, Y, Maggio, E, Mangiagli, A, Montero, M, Maselli, A, Mayer, L, Mazumdar, A, Messenger, C, Ménard, B, Minamitsuji, M, Moore, C, Mota, D, Nampalliwar, S, Nerozzi, A, Nichols, D, Nissimov, E, Obergaulinger, M, Obers, N, Oliveri, R, Pappas, G, Pasic, V, Peiris, H, Petrushevska, T, Pollney, D, Pratten, G, Rakic, N, Racz, I, Radia, M, Ramazanoğlu, F, Ramos-Buades, A, Raposo, G, Rogatko, M, Rosca-Mead, R, Rosinska, D, Rosswog, S, Ruiz-Morales, E, Sakellariadou, M, Sanchis-Gual, N, Sharan Salafia, O, Samajdar, A, Sintes, A, Smole, M, Sopuerta, C, Souza-Lima, R, Stalevski, M, Stergioulas, N, Stevens, C, Tamfal, T, Torres-Forné, A, Tsygankov, S, İ Ünlütürk, K, Valiante, R, van de Meent, M, Velhinho, J, Verbin, Y, Vercnocke, B, Vernieri, D, Vicente, R, Vitagliano, V, Weltman, A, Whiting, B, Williamson, A, Witek, H, Wojnar, A, Yakut, K, Yan, H, Yazadjiev, S, Zaharijas, G, Zilhão, M, Barack, Leor, Cardoso, Vitor, Nissanke, Samaya, Sotiriou, Thomas P, Askar, Abbas, Belczynski, Chris, Bertone, Gianfranco, Bon, Edi, Blas, Diego, Brito, Richard, Bulik, Tomasz, Burrage, Clare, Byrnes, Christian T, Caprini, Chiara, Chernyakova, Masha, Chruściel, Piotr, Colpi, Monica, Ferrari, Valeria, Gaggero, Daniele, Gair, Jonathan, García-Bellido, Juan, Hassan, S F, Heisenberg, Lavinia, Hendry, Martin, Heng, Ik Siong, Herdeiro, Carlos, Hinderer, Tanja, Horesh, Assaf, Kavanagh, Bradley J, Kocsis, Bence, Kramer, Michael, Le Tiec, Alexandre, Mingarelli, Chiara, Nardini, Germano, Nelemans, Gijs, Palenzuela, Carlos, Pani, Paolo, Perego, Albino, Porter, Edward K, Rossi, Elena M, Schmidt, Patricia, Sesana, Alberto, Sperhake, Ulrich, Stamerra, Antonio, Stein, Leo C, Tamanini, Nicola, Tauris, Thomas M, Urena-López, L Arturo, Vincent, Frederic, Volonteri, Marta, Wardell, Barry, Wex, Norbert, Yagi, Kent, Abdelsalhin, Tiziano, Aloy, Miguel Ángel, Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Annulli, Lorenzo, Arca-Sedda, Manuel, Bah, Ibrahima, Barausse, Enrico, Barakovic, Elvis, Benkel, Robert, Bennett, Charles L, Bernard, Laura, Bernuzzi, Sebastiano, Berry, Christopher P L, Berti, Emanuele, Bezares, Miguel, Blanco-Pillado, Jose Juan, Blázquez-Salcedo, Jose Luis, Bonetti, Matteo, Bošković, Mateja, Bosnjak, Zeljka, Bricman, Katja, Brügmann, Bernd, Capelo, Pedro R, Carloni, Sante, Cerdá-Durán, Pablo, Charmousis, Christos, Chaty, Sylvain, Clerici, Aurora, Coates, Andrew, Colleoni, Marta, Collodel, Lucas G, Compère, Geoffrey, Cook, William, Cordero-Carrión, Isabel, Correia, Miguel, de la Cruz-Dombriz, Álvaro, Czinner, Viktor G, Destounis, Kyriakos, Dialektopoulos, Kostas, Doneva, Daniela, Dotti, Massimo, Drew, Amelia, Eckner, Christopher, Edholm, James, Emparan, Roberto, Erdem, Recai, Ferreira, Miguel, Ferreira, Pedro G, Finch, Andrew, Font, Jose A, Franchini, Nicola, Fransen, Kwinten, Gal’tsov, Dmitry, Ganguly, Apratim, Gerosa, Davide, Glampedakis, Kostas, Gomboc, Andreja, Goobar, Ariel, Gualtieri, Leonardo, Guendelman, Eduardo, Haardt, Francesco, Harmark, Troels, Hejda, Filip, Hertog, Thomas, Hopper, Seth, Husa, Sascha, Ihanec, Nada, Ikeda, Taishi, Jaodand, Amruta, Jetzer, Philippe, Jimenez-Forteza, Xisco, Kamionkowski, Marc, Kaplan, David E, Kazantzidis, Stelios, Kimura, Masashi, Kobayashi, Shiho, Kokkotas, Kostas, Krolik, Julian, Kunz, Jutta, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Lasky, Paul, Lemos, José P S, Levi Said, Jackson, Liberati, Stefano, Lopes, Jorge, Luna, Raimon, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Maggio, Elisa, Mangiagli, Alberto, Montero, Marina Martinez, Maselli, Andrea, Mayer, Lucio, Mazumdar, Anupam, Messenger, Christopher, Ménard, Brice, Minamitsuji, Masato, Moore, Christopher J, Mota, David, Nampalliwar, Sourabh, Nerozzi, Andrea, Nichols, David, Nissimov, Emil, Obergaulinger, Martin, Obers, Niels A, Oliveri, Roberto, Pappas, George, Pasic, Vedad, Peiris, Hiranya, Petrushevska, Tanja, Pollney, Denis, Pratten, Geraint, Rakic, Nemanja, Racz, Istvan, Radia, Miren, Ramazanoğlu, Fethi M, Ramos-Buades, Antoni, Raposo, Guilherme, Rogatko, Marek, Rosca-Mead, Roxana, Rosinska, Dorota, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiz-Morales, Ester, Sakellariadou, Mairi, Sanchis-Gual, Nicolás, Sharan Salafia, Om, Samajdar, Anuradha, Sintes, Alicia, Smole, Majda, Sopuerta, Carlos, Souza-Lima, Rafael, Stalevski, Marko, Stergioulas, Nikolaos, Stevens, Chris, Tamfal, Tomas, Torres-Forné, Alejandro, Tsygankov, Sergey, İ Ünlütürk, Kıvanç, Valiante, Rosa, van de Meent, Maarten, Velhinho, José, Verbin, Yosef, Vercnocke, Bert, Vernieri, Daniele, Vicente, Rodrigo, Vitagliano, Vincenzo, Weltman, Amanda, Whiting, Bernard, Williamson, Andrew, Witek, Helvi, Wojnar, Aneta, Yakut, Kadri, Yan, Haopeng, Yazadjiev, Stoycho, Zaharijas, Gabrijela, and Zilhão, Miguel

Abstract

The grand challenges of contemporary fundamental physics-dark matter, dark energy, vacuum energy, inflation and early universe cosmology, singularities and the hierarchy problem-all involve gravity as a key component. And of all gravitational phenomena, black holes stand out in their elegant simplicity, while harbouring some of the most remarkable predictions of General Relativity: event horizons, singularities and ergoregions. The hitherto invisible landscape of the gravitational Universe is being unveiled before our eyes: the historical direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration marks the dawn of a new era of scientific exploration. Gravitational-wave astronomy will allow us to test models of black hole formation, growth and evolution, as well as models of gravitational-wave generation and propagation. It will provide evidence for event horizons and ergoregions, test the theory of General Relativity itself, and may reveal the existence of new fundamental fields. The synthesis of these results has the potential to radically reshape our understanding of the cosmos and of the laws of Nature. The purpose of this work is to present a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the relevant fields of research, summarize important open problems, and lay out a roadmap for future progress. This write-up is an initiative taken within the framework of the European Action on 'Black holes, Gravitational waves and Fundamental Physics'.

Published
2019

24. The lifetime of binary black holes in Sérsic galaxy models

Author

Biava, N, Colpi, M, Capelo, P, Bonetti, M, Volonteri, M, Tamfal, T, Mayer, L, Sesana, A, Biava, Nadia, Colpi, Monica, Capelo, Pedro R, Bonetti, Matteo, Volonteri, Marta, Tamfal, Tomas, Mayer, Lucio, Sesana, Alberto, Biava, N, Colpi, M, Capelo, P, Bonetti, M, Volonteri, M, Tamfal, T, Mayer, L, Sesana, A, Biava, Nadia, Colpi, Monica, Capelo, Pedro R, Bonetti, Matteo, Volonteri, Marta, Tamfal, Tomas, Mayer, Lucio, and Sesana, Alberto

Abstract

In the local Universe, black holes of are hosted in galaxies displaying a variety of stellar profiles and morphologies. These black holes are the anticipated targets of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna that will detect the low-frequency gravitational-wave signal emitted by binary black holes in this mass interval. In this paper, we infer upper limits on the lifetime of binary black holes of and up to , forming in galaxy mergers, exploring two underlying stellar density profiles, by Dehnen and by Prugniel & Simien, and by exploiting local scaling relations between the mass of the black holes and several quantities of their hosts. We focus on the phase of the dynamical evolution when the binary is transitioning from the hardening phase ruled by the interaction with single stars to the phase driven by the emission of gravitational waves. We find that different stellar profiles predict very distinct trends with binary mass, with lifetimes ranging between fractions of a Gyr to more than 10Gyr, and with a spread of about one order of magnitude, given by the uncertainties in the observed correlations, which are larger in the low-mass tail of the observed black hole population

Published
2019

26. A Subgrid Model for the Growth of Dust Particles in Hydrodynamical Simulations of Protoplanetary Disks

Author

Tamfal, Tomas; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-9349, Dra̧żkowska, Joanna; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-0305, Mayer, Lucio; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7078-2074, Surville, Clement; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8998-7267, Tamfal, Tomas; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-9349, Dra̧żkowska, Joanna; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-0305, Mayer, Lucio; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7078-2074, and Surville, Clement; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8998-7267

Abstract

We present the first 2D hydrodynamical finite-volume simulations in which dust is fully coupled with the gas, including its back-reaction onto it, and at the same time the dust size is evolving according to coagulation and fragmentation based on a subgrid model. The aim of this analysis is to present the differences occurring when dust evolution is included relative to simulations with fixed dust size, with and without an embedded Jupiter-mass planet that triggers gap formation. We use the two-fluid polar Godunov-type code RoSSBi developed by Surville et al. combined with a new local subgrid method for dust evolution based on the model by Birnstiel et al. We find striking differences between simulations with variable and fixed dust sizes. The timescales for dust depletion differ significantly and yield a completely different evolution of the dust surface density. In general, sharp features such as pileups of dust in the inner disk and near gap edges, when a massive planet is present, become much weaker. This has important implications for the interpretation of observed substructure in disks, suggesting that the presence of a massive planet does not necessarily cause sharp gaps and rings in the dust component. Also, particles with different dust sizes show a different distribution, pointing to the importance of multiwavelength synthetic observations in order to compare with observations by ALMA and other instruments. We also find that simulations adopting fixed intermediate particle sizes, in the range of 10−2 to 10−1 cm, best approximate the surface density evolution seen in simulations with dust evolution.

Published
2018

29. lifetime of binary black holes in Sérsic galaxy models.

Author

Biava, Nadia, Colpi, Monica, Capelo, Pedro R, Bonetti, Matteo, Volonteri, Marta, Tamfal, Tomas, Mayer, Lucio, and Sesana, Alberto

Subjects
BINARY black holes, BLACK holes, GALAXY mergers, GRAVITATIONAL waves, GALAXIES, LASER interferometers
Abstract

In the local Universe, black holes of |$10^{5-6}\, {\rm M_\odot }$| are hosted in galaxies displaying a variety of stellar profiles and morphologies. These black holes are the anticipated targets of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna that will detect the low-frequency gravitational-wave signal emitted by binary black holes in this mass interval. In this paper, we infer upper limits on the lifetime of binary black holes of |$10^{5-6}\, {\rm M_\odot }$| and up to |$10^8\, {\rm M_\odot }$|⁠ , forming in galaxy mergers, exploring two underlying stellar density profiles, by Dehnen and by Prugniel & Simien, and by exploiting local scaling relations between the mass of the black holes and several quantities of their hosts. We focus on the phase of the dynamical evolution when the binary is transitioning from the hardening phase ruled by the interaction with single stars to the phase driven by the emission of gravitational waves. We find that different stellar profiles predict very distinct trends with binary mass, with lifetimes ranging between fractions of a Gyr to more than 10 Gyr, and with a spread of about one order of magnitude, given by the uncertainties in the observed correlations, which are larger in the low-mass tail of the observed black hole population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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30. The Dawn of Disk Formation in a Milky Way-sized Galaxy Halo: Thin Stellar Disks at z > 4

Author

Tomas Tamfal, Lucio Mayer, Thomas R. Quinn, Arif Babul, Piero Madau, Pedro R. Capelo, Sijing Shen, Marius Staub, University of Zurich, and Tamfal, Tomas

Subjects
1912 Space and Planetary Science, 530 Physics, Space and Planetary Science, 10231 Institute for Computational Science, 3103 Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

We present results from GigaEris, a cosmological, N-body hydrodynamical "zoom-in" simulation of the formation of a Milky Way-sized galaxy halo with unprecedented resolution, encompassing of order a billion particles within the refined region. The simulation employs a modern implementation of smoothed-particle hydrodynamics, including metal-line cooling and metal and thermal diffusion. We focus on the early assembly of the galaxy, down to redshift z = 4.4. The simulated galaxy has properties consistent with extrapolations of the main sequence of star-forming galaxies to higher redshifts and levels off to a star formation rate of similar to 60 M (circle dot) yr(-1) at z = 4.4. A compact, thin rotating stellar disk with properties analogous to those of low-redshift systems arises already at z similar to 8. The galaxy rapidly develops a multi-component structure, and the disk, at least at these early stages, does not grow "upside-down" as often reported in the literature. Rather, at any given time, newly born stars contribute to sustain a thin disk. The kinematics reflect the early, ubiquitous presence of a thin disk, as a stellar disk component with v ( phi )/sigma ( R ) larger than unity is already present at z similar to 9-10. Our results suggest that high-resolution spectro-photometric observations of very high-redshift galaxies should find thin rotating disks, consistent with the recent discovery of cold rotating gas disks by ALMA. Finally, we present synthetic images for the James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam camera, showing how the early disk would be easily detectable already at those early times., The Astrophysical Journal, 928 (2), ISSN:0004-637X, ISSN:2041-8213

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2022
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31. Revisiting dynamical friction: the role of global modes and local wakes

Author

Arif Babul, Pedro R. Capelo, Douglas Potter, Tomas Tamfal, Stelios Kazantzidis, Thomas R. Quinn, Lucio Mayer, University of Zurich, and Tamfal, Tomas

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 530 Physics, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Orbital decay, 01 natural sciences, 1912 Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Dynamical friction, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Dwarf galaxy, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Star cluster, Space and Planetary Science, Globular cluster, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 10231 Institute for Computational Science, 3103 Astronomy and Astrophysics, Halo, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The orbital decay of a perturber within a larger system plays a key role in the dynamics of many astrophysical systems -- from nuclear star clusters or globular clusters in galaxies, to massive black holes in galactic nuclei, to dwarf galaxy satellites within the dark matter halos of more massive galaxies. For many decades, there have been various attempts to determine the underlying physics and time-scales of the drag mechanism, ranging from the local dynamical friction approach to descriptions based on the back-reaction of global modes induced in the background system. We present ultra-high-resolution $N$-body simulations of massive satellites orbiting a Milky Way-like galaxy (with $> 10^8$ particles), that appear to capture both the local "wake" and the global "mode" induced in the primary halo. We address directly the mechanism of orbital decay from the combined action of local and global perturbations and specifically analyze where the bulk of the torque originates., 18 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, accepted by ApJ

Published
2020

32. Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

Author

Ramazanoğlu, Fethi Mübin (ORCID 0000-0003-3075-1457 & YÖK ID 254225), Ünlütürk, Kıvanç İbrahim, Barack, Leor, Cardoso, Vitor, Nissanke, Samaya, Sotiriou, Thomas P., Askar, Abbas, Belczynski, Chris, Bertone, Gianfranco, Bon, Edi, Blas, Diego, Brito, Richard, Bulik, Tomasz, Burrage, Clare, Byrnes, Christian T., Caprini, Chiara, Chernyakova, Masha, Chrusciel, Piotr, Colpi, Monica, Ferrari, Valeria, Gaggero, Daniele, Gair, Jonathan, Garcia-Bellido, Juan, Hassan, S. F., Heisenberg, Lavinia, Hendry, Martin, Heng, Ik Siong, Herdeiro, Carlos, Hinderer, Tanja, Horesh, Assaf, Kavanagh, Bradley J., Kocsis, Bence, Kramer, Michael, Le Tiec, Alexandre, Mingarelli, Chiara, Nardini, Germano, Nelemans, Gijs, Palenzuela, Carlos, Pani, Paolo, Perego, Albino, Porter, Edward K., Rossi, Elena M., Schmidt, Patricia, Sesana, Alberto, Sperhake, Ulrich, Stamerra, Antonio, Stein, Leo C., Tamanini, Nicola, Tauris, Thomas M., Arturo Urena-Lopez, L., Vincent, Frederic, Volonteri, Marta, Wardell, Barry, Wex, Norbert, Yagi, Kent, Abdelsalhin, Tiziano, Angel Aloy, Miguel, Amaro-Seoane, Pau, Annulli, Lorenzo, Arca-Sedda, Manuel, Bah, Ibrahima, Barausse, Enrico, Barakovic, Elvis, Benkel, Robert, Bennett, Charles L., Bernard, Laura, Bernuzzi, Sebastiano, Berry, Christopher P. L., Berti, Emanuele, Bezares, Miguel, Juan Blanco-Pillado, Jose, Blazquez-Salcedo, Jose Luis, Bonetti, Matteo, Boskovic, Mateja, Bosnjak, Zeljka, Bricman, Katja, Bruegmann, Bernd, Capelo, Pedro R., Carloni, Sante, Cerda-Duran, Pablo, Charmousis, Christos, Chaty, Sylvain, Clerici, Aurora, Coates, Andrew, Colleoni, Marta, Collodel, Lucas G., Compere, Geoffrey, Cook, William, Cordero-Carrion, Isabel, Correia, Miguel, de la Cruz-Dombriz, Alvaro, Czinner, Viktor G., Destounis, Kyriakos, Dialektopoulos, Kostas, Doneva, Daniela, Dotti, Massimo, Drew, Amelia, Eckner, Christopher, Edholm, James, Emparan, Roberto, Erdem, Recai, Ferreira, Miguel, Ferreira, Pedro G., Finch, Andrew, Font, Jose A., Franchini, Nicola, Fransen, Kwinten, Gal'tsov, Dmitry, Ganguly, Apratim, Gerosa, Davide, Glampedakis, Kostas, Gomboc, Andreja, Goobar, Ariel, Gualtieri, Leonardo, Guendelman, Eduardo, Haardt, Francesco, Harmark, Troels, Hejda, Filip, Hertog, Thomas, Hopper, Seth, Husa, Sascha, Ihanec, Nada, Ikeda, Taishi, Jaodand, Amruta, Jetzer, Philippe, Jimenez-Forteza, Xisco, Kamionkowski, Marc, Kaplan, David E., Kazantzidis, Stelios, Kimura, Masashi, Kobayashi, Shiho, Kokkotas, Kostas, Krolik, Julian, Kunz, Jutta, Laemmerzahl, Claus, Lasky, Paul, Lemos, Jose P. S., Said, Jackson Levi, Liberati, Stefano, Lopes, Jorge, Luna, Raimon, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Maggio, Elisa, Mangiagli, Alberto, Montero, Marina Martinez, Maselli, Andrea, Mayer, Lucio, Mazumdar, Anupam, Messenger, Christopher, Menard, Brice, Minamitsuji, Masato, Moore, Christopher J., Mota, David, Nampalliwar, Sourabh, Nerozzi, Andrea, Nichols, David, Nissimov, Emil, Obergaulinger, Martin, Obers, Niels A., Oliveri, Roberto, Pappas, George, Pasic, Vedad, Peiris, Hiranya, Petrushevska, Tanja, Pollney, Denis, Pratten, Geraint, Rakic, Nemanja, Racz, Istvan, Radia, Miren, Ramazanoglu, Fethi M., Ramos-Buades, Antoni, Raposo, Guilherme, Rogatko, Marek, Rosca-Mead, Roxana, Rosinska, Dorota, Rosswog, Stephan, Ruiz-Morales, Ester, Sakellariadou, Mairi, Sanchis-Gual, Nicolas, Salafia, Om Sharan, Samajdar, Anuradha, Sintes, Alicia, Smole, Majda, Sopuerta, Carlos, Souza-Lima, Rafael, Stalevski, Marko, Stergioulas, Nikolaos, Stevens, Chris, Tamfal, Tomas, Torres-Forne, Alejandro, Tsygankov, Sergey, Valiante, Rosa, van de Meent, Maarten, Velhinho, Jose, Verbin, Yosef, Vercnocke, Bert, Vernieri, Daniele, Vicente, Rodrigo, Vitagliano, Vincenzo, Weltman, Amanda, Whiting, Bernard, Williamson, Andrew, Witek, Helvi, Wojnar, Aneta, Yakut, Kadri, Yan, Haopeng, Yazadjiev, Stoycho, Zaharijas, Gabrijela, Zilhao, Miguel, College of Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, and Department of Physics

Subjects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Astronomy and astrophysics, Quantum science and technology, Gravitational waves, Gravitational-wave astronomy, Source modelling, Black holes, Fundamental physics, Birth and evolution of black holes, Physics, multidisciplinary, Physics, particles and fields
Abstract

The grand challenges of contemporary fundamental physics dark matter, dark energy, vacuum energy, inflation and early universe cosmology, singularities and the hierarchy problem all involve gravity as a key component. And of all gravitational phenomena, black holes stand out in their elegant simplicity, while harbouring some of the most remarkable predictions of General Relativity: event horizons, singularities and ergoregions.The hitherto invisible landscape of the gravitational Universe is being unveiled before our eyes: the historical direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration marks the dawn of a new era of scientific exploration. Gravitational-wave astronomy will allow us to test models of black hole formation, growth and evolution, as well as models of gravitational-wave generation and propagation. It will provide evidence for event horizons and ergoregions, test the theory of General Relativity itself, and may reveal the existence of new fundamental fields. The synthesis of these results has the potential to radically reshape our understanding of the cosmos and of the laws of Nature.The purpose of this work is to present a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the relevant fields of research, summarize important open problems, and lay out a roadmap for future progress., European Union (EU); European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST); Polish National Science Center (NCN); Carl Tryggers Foundation; Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC); European Union's H2020 ERC Consolidator Grant 'Matter and strong-field gravity: New frontiers in Einstein's theory'; European Research Council (ERC); Horizon 2020; Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC; Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia; Foundation for Polish Science; Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Polish National Center of Science (NCN); European Research Council (ERC); Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); European Union's H2020 ERC; H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 Grant; National Science Foundation (NSF); PRACE; Simons Foundation; Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain; Slovenian Research Agency - Slovenia; EU H2020 under ERC; Spanish MINECO; Generalitat Valenciana; NASA by the Chandra X-ray Center; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK); H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 Grant; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK); National Science Centre of Poland - European Union; Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD); GWAVES of ARIS-GRNET(Athens); Royal Society of London; Research Grant; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)

Published
2019

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